Acquiring service authorization status from a mobile vehicle

• US 20030207682A1
• Filed: 05/01/2002
• Published: 11/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Videtich, Matt C.
• Granted Patent: US 7,570,940 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/410
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18593 Arrangements for preventing unauthorised access or for providing user protection arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for determining an authorization status of a satellite broadcast service for a mobile vehicle. A call center receives a request for the authorization status of the satellite broadcast service for the mobile vehicle. The call center sends a request signal to the mobile vehicle. The call center then receives an authorization status signal from the mobile vehicle. The call center then sends the authorization status to the satellite broadcast service.

Claims

1. A method for determining an authorization status of a satellite broadcast service for a mobile vehicle, comprising:

receiving a request from the satellite broadcast service for the authorization status for the mobile vehicle at a call center;

sending a request signal from the call center to the mobile vehicle;

receiving an authorization status signal from the mobile vehicle at the call center; and

sending the authorization status to the satellite broadcast service from the call center.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the authorization status represents the activation status of a satellite radio receiver in the mobile vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

appending subscriber information to the authorization status that is sent to the satellite broadcast service from the call center.

4. A computer usable medium including a program for determining an authorization status of a satellite broadcast service for a mobile vehicle, comprising:

computer program code to receive a request from the satellite broadcast service for the authorization status for the mobile vehicle at a call center;

computer program code to send a request signal from the call center to the mobile vehicle;

computer program code to receive an authorization status signal from the mobile vehicle at the call center; and

computer program code to send the authorization status to the satellite broadcast service from the call center.

5. The computer usable medium of claim 4 wherein the authorization status represents the activation status of a satellite radio receiver in the mobile vehicle.

6. The computer usable medium of claim 4 further comprising:

computer program code to append subscriber information to the authorization status that is sent to the satellite broadcast service from the call center.

7. A system of determining an authorization status of a satellite broadcast service for a mobile vehicle, comprising:

means for receiving a request from the satellite broadcast service for the authorization status for the mobile vehicle at a call center;

means for sending a request signal from the call center to the mobile vehicle;

means for receiving an authorization status signal from the mobile vehicle at the call center; and

means for sending the authorization status to the satellite broadcast service from the call center.

8. The system of claim 7 further comprising:

means for appending subscriber information to the authorization status that is sent to the satellite broadcast service from the call center.